- Date
- April 6, 1990, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Horseheads, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N68CGRobbins Breezy CG-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900406007719A
- Case key
- 36491
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Probable cause
The loss of aircraft control during high speed taxi for an unknown reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was performing a high speed taxi test after the homebuilt acft was assembled. Witnesses stated the acft lifted off, then pitched up 'in a near vertical attitude . . . Nosed over and struck the ground. . .' A post-acdnt investigation revealed that all control surfaces were intact. The down elevator cable was found to have failed during the occurrence; however, a metallurgical exam of the fracture surfaces revealed evidence of overstress (overload) failure. Impact damage of the airframe occurred in the area where the down elevator cable had failed. No reason was found for the cable to have been overloaded, except for impact stresses.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68CG
- Reported as
- Robbins Breezy CG-1 (BREEZY CG-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CG-1
- Airframe hours
- 502
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lee L. Robbins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1990 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- ELM · Elmira/Corning Regional
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,600 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.